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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'A Critique of Utilitarianism' and 'Mathematics and Indispensibility'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

291	Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems

9558	All scientific tests will verify mathematics, so it is a background, not something being tested [Sober]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value

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Maybe the unthinkable is a moral category, and considering some options is dishonourable or absurd [Williams,B]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism

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Consequentialism assumes that situations can be compared [Williams,B]

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For a consequentialist massacring 7 million must be better than massacring 7 million and one [Williams,B]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage

293	Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability

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We don't have a duty to ensure that others do their duty [Williams,B]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

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Utilitarianism cannot make any serious sense of integrity [Williams,B]